后
hòuHòu HSK1

queen, after

后 (後) hòu frequency
after directional
referring to a later time, sequence, or the period following an event

午饭后我们要开会。

wǔ​fàn hòu wǒ​men yào kāi​huì.

We have a meeting after lunch.

behind directional
referring to the back, behind, or rear position in space

他躲在门后面。

tā duǒ zài mén hòu miàn.

He is hiding behind the door.

后 hòu
empress directional
an empress or the wife of an emperor

她是这个王朝的最后一位皇后。

tā shì zhè gè wáng​cháo de zuì hòu yī wèi huáng​hòu.

She was the last empress of this dynasty.

ruler noun
a monarch or sovereign ruler in ancient times

在远古时期，人们曾称呼君主为后。

zài yuǎn​gǔ shí​qī, rén​men céng chēng​hu jūn​zhǔ wéi hòu.

In ancient times, people used to refer to the monarch as 'Hou'.

后 Hòu
Hou proper name
surname Hou

后先生是我们的邻居。

Hòu xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de lín​jū.

Mr. Hou is our neighbor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
48th most common 2949.6 per million
Movie subtitles
75th most common 2346.6 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
656.3 per million appears in 88% of films
Written text
1793.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
後
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+540E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)